驱魔

　　Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.
　　Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)
　　As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.
　　The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
　　Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.

　　故事发生在社会动荡、战争不断的法国路易十五时期。方方（文森特·佩雷 Vincent Perez 饰）是个身手不凡的农村青年，为了逃婚离家出走，又轻信了路遇的波希米亚女郎预言，认为自己会娶国王的女儿，为了这个预言他加入了军队。进入军队他才发现，给他预言的女郎是军团中士的侄女阿德丽娜（佩内洛普·克鲁兹 Penélope Cruz 饰），并且先一步对他倾心。机缘巧合，方方救了一位被匪徒围困的女孩，恰好是国王女儿昂丽叶特公主，为了“预言成真”，方方爬城堡想再见公主，结果被当成匪徒抓起来，还被判处死刑。为救方方，阿德丽娜也来到王宫，怎料美貌的她马上引发国王垂涎，眼看方方行刑就要开始，阿德丽娜却被囚禁……
　　“郁金香方方”是法国家喻户晓的民间传奇人物。

　　佩威尔是一个30来岁的男人，他和父亲齐格蒙特一起做着从法国北部贩卖二手服装到波兰的生意过活。
　　在一次从平常的“公差”的回程的路上，佩威尔看到自己父亲的照片被印在了波兰当地的小报纸上，名字下面写着“叛国贼”。齐格蒙特当年是一个天才般的反对派领袖，曾经在80年代组织过对独裁ZF的反对行动。可是现在，他的头像和名字却被冠以了叛国者的名字，而且那张有意境垮台的共产主义者掌权的小报还报道说，齐格蒙特是一个可耻的告密者，代号叫做“鼹鼠”。
　　在今天的波兰，虽然有着20年的民主化进程，但是齐格蒙特的故事还是引起了不小的波澜。报道指出，齐格蒙特当年领导的运动害死了不少矿主，而他的老婆伊娃的父亲，就死在当年的运动中。佩威尔坚信这是反对他父亲的人的无中生有之事，但是齐格蒙特很多反常的举动让佩威尔不得不对自己父亲的过去产生很多疑虑。事情波及到了这一家人，齐格蒙特前往法国北部，找到自己的堂兄，希望事情能“风平浪静”。
　　佩威尔的生活被搅得天翻地覆。他平时是一个对政治不感兴趣的人，可是这次他却成为了众矢之的，变成了一个国家的政治争论的焦点。齐格蒙特还呆在法国北部，而波兰确认为是佩威尔把父亲藏匿了起来，他与母亲伊娃的关系也不可避免地受到了影响。
　　加贝克，当年【该用户发言已被安全软件自动屏蔽】的秘密警察，也参与了反对行动。他知道齐格蒙特在当年做了什么，可是他不愿意开口，因为这些事情无论对于齐格蒙特、佩威尔还是波兰这个命运多舛的国家来说，都是难以接受的。
　　Pawel, a young man who grew up thinking that his father was a hero of the Solidarity revolt of the 1980s, is shocked to read a newspaper exposé accusing the man of having been a Communist informer. Pawel's wife happens to be the daughter of a miner killed during the Solidarity protests and his marriage suffers. He doesn't know whom to believe. A former Communist secret policeman may have some answers, but will anyone listen?

　　香港萨兰托国际电影节闭幕电影
　　《奈河》是中國導演羅斌的首齣文藝片，他透過電郵訴說構建故事的來由：「用《奈河》開篇，是因我希望故事是關於『生死之間』的抉擇。中國文化中，我們都有一種共識，一旦渡過奈河，便是往生，不可能甦醒。一切對於生死的抉擇，只能在奈河邊。因此，奈河也即是生與死的關鍵節點。選擇輪迴，是因為中國傳統文化中，一切都是在因果輪迴當中的......」
　　《奈河》講述的是一家三代人的故事—遇上車禍的強強成了植物人、被送到嬰兒臨終關懷中心的棄嬰新新以及叛逆少女盈盈由城市回村後被無賴姦污。「如果仔細梳理，你會發現這三代人對於『生死』抉擇的不同態度已發生了改變，也正因如此，我們才會感覺到希望和絕望。三條線中的孩子既是上一代在選擇中『被選擇』的物件，又是自身這一代做出『選擇』的人。在下一代身上，他們會有巨大的影響。」

　　影片改编自1993年百老汇音乐剧，设定在1981年一座阿根廷监狱里，詹妮弗·洛佩兹出演标题人物——一名虚构出来的女子Ingrid Luna。用想象描绘这名女子的人是同性恋橱窗设计师Molina（托纳提乌 Tonatiuh 饰），他因被指控猥亵未成年人而被判八年监禁。为了逃避对坐牢的恐惧，Molina想象出了一个经典电影明星的形象，和她出演的多个电影角色，包括一个用吻杀死捕猎对象的蜘蛛女。而随后，Molina的人生被颠覆了——一名马克思主义者Valentin（迭戈·卢纳 Diego Luna 饰）被安排在跟他同一间牢房，两人发展出了意想不到的联结。